Types of Poem Practice

a poem without defined rhyme or rhythm limitations.

• free verse

• haiku

• cinquian

• narrative

Free verse poetry does not have...

• stanzas
• plot or conflict
• rhyme or rhythm
• serious topic

Poem that expresses thoughts and feelings, by using carefully chosen words.

• cinquian

• free verse

• narrative

• diamante

Poem that has seven lines and uses nouns, adjectives and verbs in a pattern to explain a topic

• Diamante

• Cinquian

• lyric

• haiku

A five-line poems. also known as a quintain or quintet, is a poem or stanza composed of five lines.

• lyric

• diamante

• haiku

• cinquain

A Japanese origin containing three lines with five, seven and five syllables respectively.

• free verse

• narrative

• haiku

• cinquain

A type of poem that focuses on the beauty and simplicity found in nature. 

• haiku

• cinquian

• diamante

• lyric

A type of poem that expresses thoughts and feelings. It often uses a regular meter, or pattern of sounds.

• narrative

• lyric

• free verse

• diamante

Highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feelings of a single speaker. 

• narrative

• free verse

• lyric

• diamante

Poem that tells story, can be long or short and may have or may not have end rhyme.

• free verse

• narrative

• lyric

• haiku